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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Jane Kirby

Long waits in A&E rise sharply but overall NHS waiting list continues to fall

Staff on an NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London (PA) - (PA Wire)

The number of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E departments for a hospital bed has risen sharply – though the overall NHS waiting list continues to drop, figures suggest.

New data for England shows that the number of people waiting more than 12 hours for a hospital bed following a decision to admit them stood at 71,517 in January, up sharply from 50,775 in December.

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